Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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The Hat Box Mystery 1947  N/R, 44 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Virginia Sale, Leonard Penn, Olga Andre, Tom Kennedy, Edward Keane, Al Hill, Jack Cheatham, Zon Murray, Bob Nunes, William Ruhl
An assignment of private detective Russ' (Tom Neal) assistant/secretary Susan (Pamela Blake) turns into a murder case, and Susan is the primary suspect. Russ comes to her rescue. Filmed concurrently with "Case of the Baby-Sitter" and with several of the same stars.
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Kid Dynamite 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Queen of Broadway
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Stone, Benny Bartlett, Pamela Blake, Gabriel Dell, Henry Hall, Charles Judels, Vince Barnett, Minerva Urecal, David Durand, Daphne Pollard, Dudley Dickerson
This patriotic story, set during World War II, is another in the "East Side Kids" series. East Side boxing champ Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) is challenged to a match by the West Side champ. As luck would have it, Muggs gets kidnapped before the fight, and his friend, Danny (Bobby Jordan), fills in and wins the fight. Muggs is sure Danny arranged the kidnapping, and this sets the scene for many clashes between wise-guy Muggs and nice-guy Danny.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith 1941  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Philip Merivale, Jack Carson, Lucile Watson, William Tracy, Charles Halton, Esther Dale, Emma Dunn, Betty Compson, Patricia Farr, William Edmunds, Pamela Blake, Francis Compton
Ann and David Smith (Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery) have a marriage rule in which they may ask one another one question a month. When Ann asks David whether he would marry her again, David answers, "No!" Later that day, David learns that, due to legal technicalities, their marriage will not stand up in court. This leads to a separation, a new romance for Ann with Jeff (Gene Raymond), and then the rekindling of Ann's and David's love.
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Slightly Dangerous 1943 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Florence Bates, Ray Collins, Ward Bond, Paul Stanton, Millard Mitchell, Pamela Blake, Howard Freeman, O.K. Ford, Spencer Charters
Peggy Evans (Lana Turner) leaves her small town and heads for New York City where she pretends to be a missing heiress and gets herself in a lot of trouble for her efforts.
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 This Gun for Hire 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Mikhail Rasumny, Harry Shannon, Frank Ferguson
Based on Graham Greene's novel, "A Gun aor Sale," this is a stark drama that launched Alan Ladd's career. He plays a paid gunman who sets out to avenge a double-cross.
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The Utah Trail 1938 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, Pamela Blake, "Snub" Pollard, Karl Hackett, Charles King, Ed Cassidy, Dave O'Brien, Bud Osborne, Lynton Brent, Tex Palmer, Tex Phelps, Wally West, James Sheridan, Fred Parker
Detective Tex Stewart (Tex Ritter) poses as outlaw "The Pecos Kid" and, with his pals Ananias (Horace Murphy) and Pee Wee ("Snub" Pollard), learns about a mysterious railroad that Hiram Slaughter (Karl Hackett) and his henchman, Badger (Charles King) are using to rustle cattle to a hideout across the border. The railroad heiress, Sally Jeffers (Pamela Blake), has hired The Pecos Kid to investigate, but problems ensue when Slaughter accuses The Pecos Kid and his pals of being rustlers. Sally turns against them, and they are sentenced to be hanged. All ends well though, and Sally even sees the error of her ways.
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| 1. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
2. The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
3. Kid Dynamite (1943)
aka: Queen of Broadway
4. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
5. Slightly Dangerous (1943)
6. This Gun for Hire (1942)
7. The Utah Trail (1938)
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